09 March 2022
The CARE-MEDIFLORA publication "Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin." published in the Diversity journal Volume 12 (2020), Issue 4 was announced winner of the 2022 Diversity Best Paper Award.
04 March 2021
CARE-MEDIFLORA partners share their experiences from the project in situ conservation actions in the new book of the IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group (CTSG): “Global conservation translocation perspectives: 2021. Case studies from around the globe”. See ...
03 July 2020
The experience acquired from CARE-MEDIFLORA serves as a foundation for a new 3-year project to protect threatened plants of Crete: “Development of a methodology for the enhancement and protection of populations of endangered plant species in Crete. Pilot implementation in the Prefecture of Chania”.
03 July 2020
The Mediterranean Plant Conservation Unit (MPCU) of MAICh has secured funding for the follow-up of the in situ actions for Horstrissea dolinicola Greuter, P. Gerstberger & B. Egli and Androcymbium rechingeri Greuter, two taxa for which in situ actions were implemented in Crete during the CARE-MEDIFLORA project.
23 June 2020
The Plant Micro-Reserve (PMR) for Horstrissea dolinicola Greuter, P. Gerstberger & B. Egli, an endemic plant of Crete found only in a restricted area of Psiloritis mountain, was finally established by taking the legal status of a “Protected Natural Formation”. The official decision made by the Decentralised Administration of Crete was published in the Government Gazette of Greece (FEK D/250 18-5-2020). The PMR ...